Janssen to install 4 megawatt system at J&J campus

JanssenSolar field under construction on Johnson & Johnson campus in Titusville where several related companies, including Janssen, McNeil Pediatrics, and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceuticals are located.

Janssen is installing a new solar panel array expected to be the biggest of its kind in New Jersey to date, and the largest at any Johnson & Johnson facility in the world, the company said in a press release today.

Once completed later this year, Janssen estimates the solar panels will deliver enough renewable energy to provide about 70 percent of the site’s annual electricity needs, while also reducing site operating costs.

The Titusville site, which hosts multiple Johnson & Johnson companies, is installing a four megawatt photovoltaic array of more than 13,500 ground-mounted panels. The panels are designed to track the sun from east to west, and the electricity generated from the system will reduce more than 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year – the equivalent of powering about 600 homes or removing almost 1,000 cars from the road annually.

In addition to the Titusville site, Johnson & Johnson has solar power systems planned or completed at 20 sites worldwide, which together represent an installed capacity of about 13 megawatts.